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An '''[[agency (country subdivision)|agency]] of British India''' was an internally autonomous or semi-autonomous unit of [[British India]] whose external affairs were governed by an agent designated by the [[Viceroy of India]].<ref>Great Britain India Office. ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.</ref>{{page needed|date=December 2020}}<br />
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== Description ==<br />
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The agencies varied in character from fully autonomous self-governing dependencies such as [[princely states]], where the agent functioned mainly as a representative of the Viceroy, to tribal tracts which were integral parts of the [[British Empire]] and where the agent was completely in charge of law and order. The agent of a protected tract or princely state usually lived outside the territory in his charge, as opposed to a Resident who usually lived within his confines and was frequently the [[District Collector]] of the adjoining British district.<br />
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Civil and criminal justice in agencies were usually administered through locally made laws, and the [[Indian Penal Code]] was not applicable by default in these agencies.<br />
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==List of agencies==<br />
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Political agencies were created, merged or abolished at different times during the history of the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=British Empire}}</ref> This list includes all agencies, regardless of the historical period.<br />
*Aden Agency (1839 – 1859)<br />
*[[Alwar Agency]] (belonging to Rajputana Agency)<br />
*[[Bagelkhand Agency]] March 1871 / 1933<br />
*[[Baluchistan Agency]]<br />
*[[Banas Kantha Agency]]<br />
*[[Baroda Agency]]<br />
*Baroda and Gujarat Agency<br />
*Baroda, Western States, and Gujarat Agency<br />
*[[Bengal States Agency]]<br />
*[[Bhopal Agency]] 1818 / 1947-08-15<br />
*[[Bhopawar Agency]] 1882 / 1925 (merged with Malwa to form Malwa and Bhopawar Agency)<br />
*[[Bikaner Agency]] (belonging to Rajputana Agency)<br />
*[[Bundelkhand Agency]] 1811<br />
*[[Central India Agency]] 1854<br />
*Chhattisgarh Agency<br />
*[[Cutch Agency]]<br />
*[[Deccan States Agency]] 1930s<br />
*Delhi Agency<br />
*Eastern Rajputana States Agency (belonging to Rajputana Agency)<br />
*[[Eastern States Agency]] 1930s<br />
*[[Ganjam Hill Tracts Agency]] (Madras Presidency)<br />
*[[Gilgit Agency]] 1889<br />
* Kotah-Jhalawar Agency (belonging to Rajputana Agency)<br />
*Haraoti Agency<br />
* Haraoti-Tonk Agency (belonging to Rajputana Agency)<br />
*[[Kaira Agency]]<br />
*[[Kathiawar Agency]] (Bombay Presidency)<br />
*[[Kolaba Agency]]<br />
*Kolhapur Agency<br />
*[[Madras States Agency]] 1930s<br />
*[[Mahi Kantha Agency]] (Bombay Presidency)<br />
*[[Malwa Agency]]<br />
** 1895 / 1925 (merged with Bhopawar Agency to form Malwa and Bhopawar Agency)<br />
** 1934 / 1947<br />
*Malwa and Bhopawar Agency 1925 / 1927 rename to Malwa and Southern States Agency<br />
*Malwa and Southern States Agency 1927 renamed from Malwa and Bhopawar Agency / 1934 renamed to Malwa<br />
*[[Nasik Agency]]<br />
*[[North-East Frontier Agency]] (NEFA)<br />
*[[North-West Frontier States Agency]]<br />
*Orissa Agency 1905<br />
*[[Palanpur Agency]] 1819 (belong to Bombay Presidency, merged 10 October 1924 in WISA)<br />
*[[Punjab States Agency]] 1930s<br />
*[[Rajputana Agency]] (consisting of three residencies and six agencies)<br />
*[[Rewa Kantha Agency]] (Bombay Presidency)<br />
*[[Sabar Kantha Agency]]<br />
*[[South-West Frontier Agency]] (1833–1854)<br />
*[[Surat Agency]]<br />
*[[Thana Agency]]<br />
*[[Vizagapatam Hill Tracts Agency]] (Madras Presidency)<br />
*[[Western India States Agency]] (WISA)<br />
* Western Rajputana States Agency (belonging to Rajputana Agency, part of [[Mewar Residency]] until 1906, when it was separated)<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Indian Political Service]] (IPS)<br />
*[[Subdivisions of British India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Sources and external links==<br />
* [https://archive.today/20140717212144/http://princelystates.com/CurrentIssue/fa-04-01d.shtml IPS Index, First Edition – Princely States Report]<br />
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